While the North was watching the East, the South, and Bolivia in particular acquired today its first indigenous president, and thus one more unpredictable president pops up in Latin America to the dismay of some in the north. For the first time in recent history, South America is not ruled by predictable military dictatorships but by elected, progressive governments. Will they be successful in healing, rather than adding salt to, wounds and decreasing poverty? Will they be allowed to by the long-vested interests?